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just down the road in denver on wednesday. let's talk about that and some of the issues on the table. bring in the panel from washington. rick klein, senior washington editor for abc news. a.b. stoddard, associate editor of the hill. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, you heard the back and forth on the sunday shows. what about the setup to this debate? what needs to happen and what is being talked about? >> it looks ridiculous. each side is pretending that the other can't even speak english. obviously, i don't think it will have any effect. romney did do rather well in his debate. he got better. he's done a lot of them, but people are saying well, obama hand debated in all this time. obama is really good. he did come out of nowhere. he beat the clinton machine. he did it in part in his debate, oratory. he will be strong. his one weak point is he is thin skinned. you o the press conference. if romney can manage to get under his skin in some way, that happened in 2008. one or two of the clinton debates. i think
just down the road in denver on wednesday. let's talk about that and some of the issues on the table. bring in the panel from washington. rick klein, senior washington editor for abc news. a.b. stoddard, associate editor of the hill. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, you heard the back and forth on the sunday shows. what about the setup to this debate? what needs to happen and what is being talked about? >> it looks ridiculous. each side is pretending that the other can't...
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the country, that's down from 5 points two weeks ago. the survey also shows the president's lead dropping to 1 point in the state of florida and two points in virginia. both of those statistical ties now. but the president actually gained a point in ohio and his 8-point lead is well outside the margin of error there. jim talent is a former republic senator from the state of missouri. and romney campaign advisor. he is with us here in denver as well. senator, good evening, thank you. what's governor romney's job number one tonight? >> well, if he was out here, shepard, his job number one would be to stand upright in the wind. since he he is going to be inside, i think his job is to go large about the issues and about the choice before the american people in this election. you know, vice president biden was right. they the middle class has been buried and debt and regulation and taxes. we need to free them up and empower them. i think governor romney is going to present the choice and is he going to say what he would do about it. >> a lot
the country, that's down from 5 points two weeks ago. the survey also shows the president's lead dropping to 1 point in the state of florida and two points in virginia. both of those statistical ties now. but the president actually gained a point in ohio and his 8-point lead is well outside the margin of error there. jim talent is a former republic senator from the state of missouri. and romney campaign advisor. he is with us here in denver as well. senator, good evening, thank you. what's...
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angela, you say mitt romney won this thing hands down. what does it do for his campaign? >> what does it do for his campaign? there will be more fund-raising and american people got to see mitt romney at his best with his strengths. he was aggressive, precise and focus and spoke with clarity. whereas obama at some times look a bit bewildered. i wanted to see a really good debate. obama was very passive. how do we move forward? this raises the bar for romney and for obama. so i think our next debate is going to be a little more livelier, jon. jon: cory, even big obama supporters like bill maher, bill maher tweeted out during the debate that it looks like president obama doesn't even realize he is showing up here for a job interview. >> well, jon, there is no question about it that mitt romney did a good job of exceeding dramatically low expectations. definitely won the expectations game, right. jon: if he won the debate? that is more than exceeding low expectations, isn't it? >> i think so. >> but here's the point, the point is at end of the day debates about specifics. th
angela, you say mitt romney won this thing hands down. what does it do for his campaign? >> what does it do for his campaign? there will be more fund-raising and american people got to see mitt romney at his best with his strengths. he was aggressive, precise and focus and spoke with clarity. whereas obama at some times look a bit bewildered. i wanted to see a really good debate. obama was very passive. how do we move forward? this raises the bar for romney and for obama. so i think our...
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among latinos, down 8 points from 2008. those are important voting blocs for the president. >> you've got it, and the deal is this, mitt romney's going to win seniors, 60% of seniors, something like that. he's going to win massively, and tear all going to go vote because they do, because they're good citizens, and they read, and they go vote. that's the deal. what barack obama did in 2008 was expanded the universe of potential democratic voters. he brought in a lot of first-time voters. the footprint of minority voters, the footprint of young voters was larger inside the electorate than usual. the problem with doing that is he promised them a lot of stuff, a lot of stuff in order to do that. and, of course, the reality of governance and the reality of what he was able to do and what he really wanted to do and what his priorities were didn't necessarily match up with the rhetoric of 2008. so they may be feeling a little disillusioned. the other thing is democrats who think that mitt romney stinks and is a terrible candidate,
among latinos, down 8 points from 2008. those are important voting blocs for the president. >> you've got it, and the deal is this, mitt romney's going to win seniors, 60% of seniors, something like that. he's going to win massively, and tear all going to go vote because they do, because they're good citizens, and they read, and they go vote. that's the deal. what barack obama did in 2008 was expanded the universe of potential democratic voters. he brought in a lot of first-time voters....
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this is where romney can really get him. the president said if he got the more than trillion dollars in stimulus packages that he wanted that he could get unemployment down under 8%, and that is not what happened. so what romney will argue is, that the president has failed and that the failures have been simply too expensive. and you know the new sewing began in romney land and that is this. we can't afford four more years. you're going to hear that in very clear relief on wednesday. >> reporter: stewart is that enough to say the president's policies have failed or does romney need to layout in terms that americans can understand what he would do to bring this debt and deficit down? >> i think you've hit the nail on the head, he must spell out what he's going to do about this huge problem. in my opinion, what he must do is spell out how he will grow america's economy. we must grow at at least a 4% rate. if we can do that we raise the level of employment, we raise more money in taxes, we cut the deficit and if we have a long-
this is where romney can really get him. the president said if he got the more than trillion dollars in stimulus packages that he wanted that he could get unemployment down under 8%, and that is not what happened. so what romney will argue is, that the president has failed and that the failures have been simply too expensive. and you know the new sewing began in romney land and that is this. we can't afford four more years. you're going to hear that in very clear relief on wednesday. >>...
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that's why a lot of republicans are down cast in this state. >>> bill o'reilly went on to say if mitt romney does well like ronald reagan did against jimmy carter he can immediately become the frontrunner. all things change because of this. >> an attack left four americans dead. still a big talker this morning the white house has come under severe scrutiny for the official version of what happened. the administration originally called it a spontaneous attack. >> a whole lot of folks. >> donald rumsfeld talked to greta about. he slammed the administration for the foreign policy saying it's a failed model. >> i think the foreign policy of this administration for 3 and a half, four years now has been one of a step back in the phrase that came out of the white house to lead from behind. which you can't lead from behind. leaders lead from the front. the economic management of our country has told the world that we are in decline and it was sufficient that the vice president of the united states had to go at the convention and say we are not incal decline. why did he have to say that? it is
that's why a lot of republicans are down cast in this state. >>> bill o'reilly went on to say if mitt romney does well like ronald reagan did against jimmy carter he can immediately become the frontrunner. all things change because of this. >> an attack left four americans dead. still a big talker this morning the white house has come under severe scrutiny for the official version of what happened. the administration originally called it a spontaneous attack. >> a whole lot...
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cnn, 57% say romney won. >> this is all coming down to fund raising. romney's fund raising has picked up totally. i had three donors emale me around midnight stating they were going to rally the troops and these are big donors. >> judge jeanine: is it going to matter in terms of the money going forward? >> yes, it will but the big date is the next debate i think about ten days. >> judge jeanine: and what is the obama camp doing now? >> going to sharpen their attacks on governor romney and try to present him as an extremist who wasn't presenting the real governor romney and you will see an engaged president obama but a harsher more negative president obama in the town hall. >> judge jeanine: they say that the town hall is going to be more friendly to obama. i got to tell you the obama that i saw and noelle, i will ask you to comment on this seemed angry and disengaged and disgusted, arrogant? >> i looked at obama and i actually think that he was -- this was beneath him. i think that he thought i'm the president of the united states and i have to stand u
cnn, 57% say romney won. >> this is all coming down to fund raising. romney's fund raising has picked up totally. i had three donors emale me around midnight stating they were going to rally the troops and these are big donors. >> judge jeanine: is it going to matter in terms of the money going forward? >> yes, it will but the big date is the next debate i think about ten days. >> judge jeanine: and what is the obama camp doing now? >> going to sharpen their...
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if the president goes down, governor romney's goes up. because voters have to make a choice, and governor romney will start to be the better alternative. and then if he offers a clear vision of where he would take the country, then i think that sort of squares -- it completes what he needs to do in terms of shaping the debate for voters to be able to choose him as the, as a viable alternative. jenna: and you say we'll know within the first 30, maybe 40 minutes of this debate about -- >> they're the most important, absolutely. jenna: hopefully, we tune in for everything because, you know, it's a big night. very interesting insight, thank you very much. >> good to be with you. jenna: the only place to watch the entire debate is right here, your election headquarters. coverage and full analysis. tomorrow night at 8:55 on fox news. that's brett thanking our producers as well. gregg: he was great. terrific. we are your election headquarters, and with just more than a month until the big day, we're taking a closer look at the key battleground s
if the president goes down, governor romney's goes up. because voters have to make a choice, and governor romney will start to be the better alternative. and then if he offers a clear vision of where he would take the country, then i think that sort of squares -- it completes what he needs to do in terms of shaping the debate for voters to be able to choose him as the, as a viable alternative. jenna: and you say we'll know within the first 30, maybe 40 minutes of this debate about -- >>...
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i know they are down playing expectations, john. but what are we expecting in the way of debate preparations now? >> in terms of debate preparation, i talked with mid romney's debate coach senator rob portman about that he said the strategy depends on which president obama shows up. if it's the combative and aggressive president obama. mitt romney could go toe to toe with him and punch for punch. it's it's 2008 rope-a-dope obama that dominated the debates back then governor romney has to be careful not to punch himself out early or commit any unforced errors. clearly articulate the choice between himself and president obama where he would take the country and where the president would here is ryan. >> he needs to give the american people the choice we are offering. that's what we are doing. we owe the country a very clear choice of a different future. we can either have a dynamic growing economy that produces opportunity or we can have a stagnant economy that fosters dependency. >> and this debate format is going to be different for
i know they are down playing expectations, john. but what are we expecting in the way of debate preparations now? >> in terms of debate preparation, i talked with mid romney's debate coach senator rob portman about that he said the strategy depends on which president obama shows up. if it's the combative and aggressive president obama. mitt romney could go toe to toe with him and punch for punch. it's it's 2008 rope-a-dope obama that dominated the debates back then governor romney has to...
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the middle east is melting down, and the president finds time to go campaigning? it really is shameful. megyn: dick, mitt romney took so much flak for making a comment about the initial reaction of our embassy in the wake of our attacks which was apologizing for hurting the religious feelings of muslims even though, i mean, they were condemning that. that was a position that the administration ultimately sided with mitt romney on. but do you think that there was a double standard in the media coverage of, you know, mitt romney's attempts as the administration claimed to politicize this event and the president choosing politics, you know, truly before the bodies had even returned home? >> well, i don't think the president attempted to politicize what happened in libya, and i think mitt romney did, and i think that's abhorrent. and, brad, you seem to imply that president obama's like some sort of agent of evil here. i mean, let's face facts -- >> no, he's just incompetent. i don't think he's evil. >> whoa. usama bin laden is dead, 24 of the top 26 al-qaeda operative
the middle east is melting down, and the president finds time to go campaigning? it really is shameful. megyn: dick, mitt romney took so much flak for making a comment about the initial reaction of our embassy in the wake of our attacks which was apologizing for hurting the religious feelings of muslims even though, i mean, they were condemning that. that was a position that the administration ultimately sided with mitt romney on. but do you think that there was a double standard in the media...
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meantime governor romney and congressman paul ryan sat down in sean hannity today. can you see the entire interview tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on the fox news channel. well, we heard a little bit of president obama firing back at governor romney today. but the president had a lot more to say the day after the debate. and that is coming up later on "the fox report." but, first, the u.s. state department standing by turkey as it strikes back at syria. the turkish military fired artillery into syria both today and yesterday, after a syrian mortar shell killed 500 people or five people, rather, in a turkish border town officials in damascus have apologized. so far sorry is not cutting it in turkey. the prime minister says his country has no plans to go to war with syria and the latest retaliation is just meant as a warning. and the u.s. state department is on board with turkey's actions. listen. >> from our perspective, the response that turkey made was appropriate. it also was designed to strengthen the deterrent effect so that these kinds of things d
meantime governor romney and congressman paul ryan sat down in sean hannity today. can you see the entire interview tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on the fox news channel. well, we heard a little bit of president obama firing back at governor romney today. but the president had a lot more to say the day after the debate. and that is coming up later on "the fox report." but, first, the u.s. state department standing by turkey as it strikes back at syria. the turkish...
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we pushed down rates. that created economic expansion. that is what governor romney wants to do. lower rates across the board. he will reduce the burden on the middle class by allowing them to save and invest tax free. >> bret: in a revenue neutral way. >> for those at the upper end of the scale we get rid of their deductions and credits. so that their share of the tax burden won't change. no tax break for upper income, for the middle class. those who have been affected most horribly by the last four years of the bad economy. they will get a tax cut. >> bret: 30 second left. you heard robert gibbs about the libya situation. your take on the administration, and how that is going and will you jump on that? >> well, with all due respect to robert i don't think he was being honest with you. i think what we're seeing is the unraveling of the obama foreign policy. overseas we have people attac attacking our embassy. the muslim brotherhood has come power in egypt. our friends in israel have been set adrift. we have serious problems. the obama response to these events raised more questio
we pushed down rates. that created economic expansion. that is what governor romney wants to do. lower rates across the board. he will reduce the burden on the middle class by allowing them to save and invest tax free. >> bret: in a revenue neutral way. >> for those at the upper end of the scale we get rid of their deductions and credits. so that their share of the tax burden won't change. no tax break for upper income, for the middle class. those who have been affected most...
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hands down most people think mitt romney did win. now the left is in full damage control mode. we are going to talk politics with geraldo and dick morris will be with us pretty soon in the 6:00 hour. the stars of the duck dynasty you ever see the show it's hilarious and funny and we have them live. fox and friends kicks off in 10 minutes right here in the fox news chair. >> it is about 10 minutes to the top of the hour. did lou gehrig die from something other than lou gehrig's disease? they wanted medical records released. they think the yankee's legend could have died because of brain trauma from concussions. ger rig has no living regular tives. the mayo clinic says his record should stay sealed. >> david blaine is preparing for his shocking new stunt in noiew york city. shocking because he will be standing in the middle of a million volts of electric current for 72 hours. the public will be able to control the level of electricity being released. blaine will be wearing a chain metal body suit as a barrier. i don't know if that will help. heather? >> kind of crazy. >> wednesda
hands down most people think mitt romney did win. now the left is in full damage control mode. we are going to talk politics with geraldo and dick morris will be with us pretty soon in the 6:00 hour. the stars of the duck dynasty you ever see the show it's hilarious and funny and we have them live. fox and friends kicks off in 10 minutes right here in the fox news chair. >> it is about 10 minutes to the top of the hour. did lou gehrig die from something other than lou gehrig's disease?...
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it came down to a simple question. if he did that, the president had 4 minutes more than governor romney, i understand y. didn't the president call governor romney out on that? if he said, wait a minute, you said the this here and now you are saying that now. fiunderstand you, you are changing your position here? you can. but you ought to say so. >> greta: i think it would have been better to say, look, i had a lousy night last night. good thing there are two more debates. i'm on the trail now. but lousy night last night. i think that would have been better. but his supporters are going out with the excuses that are silly. i mean, by the way, i should note that we have done a little research and the altitude for the next two debates, boca raton is 16 feet and hempstead, new york, 18 feet. >> almost under water. >> greta: if it rains, it will be under water. it's stunning, some of the excuses. >> it really is. you know, i will say this, you are getting a certain measure of honesty, out of -- usually people say, the reag
it came down to a simple question. if he did that, the president had 4 minutes more than governor romney, i understand y. didn't the president call governor romney out on that? if he said, wait a minute, you said the this here and now you are saying that now. fiunderstand you, you are changing your position here? you can. but you ought to say so. >> greta: i think it would have been better to say, look, i had a lousy night last night. good thing there are two more debates. i'm on the...
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mitt romney has never once asked me to temper anything down. he said go out there and sell this. >> chris: you talk about the handwringerring. there was a report this weekend that you have been talking to conservative commentators and trying to get them to stay on board and not to jump ship and get too discouraged but in the course of the conversations you admitted the campaign has made missteps. question, what missteps? >> first of all, 47% mitt acknowledges himself. that was an inarticulate way of describing more people have become dependent on government because they have no opportunity. it was an inarticulate way to describe how we are trying to reduce dependency to get people off welfare and back to work. we had some missteps but at the end of the day the choice is cheer and we are giving people a clear choice. progrowth solutions for opportunity and upward mobility and a dynamic economy. you have the president promising basically four more years like the last four years of stag nation and dependency. we have not been able to frame that ch
mitt romney has never once asked me to temper anything down. he said go out there and sell this. >> chris: you talk about the handwringerring. there was a report this weekend that you have been talking to conservative commentators and trying to get them to stay on board and not to jump ship and get too discouraged but in the course of the conversations you admitted the campaign has made missteps. question, what missteps? >> first of all, 47% mitt acknowledges himself. that was an...
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is governor christie right, will this turn the presidential race upside down in byron? >> mitt romney at the south carolina primary, newt gingrich cleaned his clock. helhelp headedthey were headed o florida. romney felt he had his back to the wall, and he beat gingrich in both debates in florida. that's the spirit romney needs. he needs to do that well. >> greta: will he, steve hayes? reticent on this libya thing, he backed away a little bit. >> yeah. i think the tone of the romney campaign, particularly over the last week, has been a softer tone. they haven't wanted to be as confrontational with president obama. you have this line that mitt romney has been saying now throughout the entire, you know, election, president obama's a really nice guy, he's in over his head. i don't think that's the right attitude to take into the debate. i think he'll have to be aggressive. he'll have to be confrontational. doesn't mean he has to be nasty. there's a difference, but he has to be very aggressive, look like he's being aggressive to the viewers. >> greta: when he says he's over
is governor christie right, will this turn the presidential race upside down in byron? >> mitt romney at the south carolina primary, newt gingrich cleaned his clock. helhelp headedthey were headed o florida. romney felt he had his back to the wall, and he beat gingrich in both debates in florida. that's the spirit romney needs. he needs to do that well. >> greta: will he, steve hayes? reticent on this libya thing, he backed away a little bit. >> yeah. i think the tone of the...
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mitt romney staring at the president and the president looking down at the podium and perhaps some notes in front of him. what do you make of that? >> it was really strike. it suggests the president was disengaged. he didn't want to be challenged in the manner mitt romney was challenging him and challenging him repeatedly. this is something barack obama hasn't been accustomed to whether it's internal debates in the white house where there are advisors nodding in agreement or white house press corps not challenging him in a direct and confrontational but respectful way that mitt romney did last night. bill: does this change things? >> it could. the question going forward is whether mitt romney reshapes his campaign to almost mimic or imitate the aggressive bold style we saw from him in the debate last night. he was respectful but he was tough. he was aggressive with the president. he challenged the president on facts and importantly after challenging the president on facts after pointing out problems with his record he offered an alternative vision for the future. voters who watched the d
mitt romney staring at the president and the president looking down at the podium and perhaps some notes in front of him. what do you make of that? >> it was really strike. it suggests the president was disengaged. he didn't want to be challenged in the manner mitt romney was challenging him and challenging him repeatedly. this is something barack obama hasn't been accustomed to whether it's internal debates in the white house where there are advisors nodding in agreement or white house...
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governor romney and paul ryan together, sitting down with our own sean hannity. it will air 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on fnc. >>> new questions emerging today about a 2007 video of senator obama at the time speaking to a group of black ministers about government funding and hurricane katrina victims. listen. >> what's happening down in new orleans? where is your dollar? where is your stafford act money? makes no sense. tells me the bullet hasn't been taken out. [applause] tells me that somehow the people down in new orleans, they don't care about as much. megyn: joining me now for fair and balanced debate, juan williams, fox news political analyst and lars larsen, with compass media networks. guys, welcome. this is still out there. some belief it will have an effect on the race because is may speak to people don't like to see the race division card being played. it shows a very different barack obama than we've seen the past four years in the white house, juan. what do you think?. >> i think president obama went to elite schools. he certainly knows how to
governor romney and paul ryan together, sitting down with our own sean hannity. it will air 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on fnc. >>> new questions emerging today about a 2007 video of senator obama at the time speaking to a group of black ministers about government funding and hurricane katrina victims. listen. >> what's happening down in new orleans? where is your dollar? where is your stafford act money? makes no sense. tells me the bullet hasn't been taken out. [applause]...
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i think what senator rubio was trying to say in this sit down he thinks the message from mitt romney tonight should be very simple. take a listen. >> my pitch to voters is very simple. we can't afford four more years of barack obama. we can barely afford four more months. if we have four more years of bach barack obama we can't wait for years for economy to start growing. we can't wait four years to find jobs. can't wait four years for our houses to be worth what we paid for them. we can't wait four years for our kids to have a job after graduating college. >> maybe raising expectations from mitt romney. there could be a game change. there are republicans concerned about raising the bar too high. marco rubio says no, he thinks that mitt romney is a strong debater and will show that tonight. speaking expectations, jenna. i hope i didn't upset you. went with purple. down the middle. didn't want to pick red or blue. jenna: i didn't think you would miss a opportunity. i notice nice connection to the handkerchief in the pocket. that is something we didn't delve into. >> reporter: might ge
i think what senator rubio was trying to say in this sit down he thinks the message from mitt romney tonight should be very simple. take a listen. >> my pitch to voters is very simple. we can't afford four more years of barack obama. we can barely afford four more months. if we have four more years of bach barack obama we can't wait for years for economy to start growing. we can't wait four years to find jobs. can't wait four years for our houses to be worth what we paid for them. we...
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. >> did mitt romney's post debate victory hit a speed bump with the unemployment rate? we'll break down what the numbers mean. this is special report. good evening, i'm bret baier. president obama is hailing the jobs report, showing a drop from 8.1% to 7.8, as a sign the country has come too far to turn back now. his republican challenger says the new numbers are not the sign of a true recovery, in fact, he says they're telling a far different story. the government's household survey says that 873,000 people entered the work force. but the employer survey found 114,000 new jobs created, 10,000 of those in government. so, the difference, about 760,000 are apparently not full-time stable jobs, what's known as the real unemployment mark, the unemployed and those too discouraged to look for work remains unchanged at 14.7%. white house correspondent wendell goler begins our coverage of the report and the spin. >> two days after a disappointing debate with mitt romney, president obama looked on the bright side of a merely modest jobs report for september. >> this morning, we
. >> did mitt romney's post debate victory hit a speed bump with the unemployment rate? we'll break down what the numbers mean. this is special report. good evening, i'm bret baier. president obama is hailing the jobs report, showing a drop from 8.1% to 7.8, as a sign the country has come too far to turn back now. his republican challenger says the new numbers are not the sign of a true recovery, in fact, he says they're telling a far different story. the government's household survey...
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governor romney doubling down on his dritt system over how the administration handled security and handled the aftermath of that assault. we'll tell you what that is about. martha: in california dreaming of lower gas prices. instead pump prices are more like a nightmare right now and there are concerns it could get much worse. bill: republicans are energized by governor mitt romney's performance this week. democrats meanwhile looking to refocus after even they panned the showing by the president. have you heard? >> i don't think the president took him very seriously and he should have and for a large part the president just looked bored and wanted to get this darn thing over with. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios bill: as you can imagine there is still so much fallout from this debate the other n
governor romney doubling down on his dritt system over how the administration handled security and handled the aftermath of that assault. we'll tell you what that is about. martha: in california dreaming of lower gas prices. instead pump prices are more like a nightmare right now and there are concerns it could get much worse. bill: republicans are energized by governor mitt romney's performance this week. democrats meanwhile looking to refocus after even they panned the showing by the...
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he is being frank about the economy and talking down the obama record. in mr. romney's view, if you take a look at the unemployment and account for those who have taken themselves out of job-seeking market, it's far worse than today's sub8 number. watch. >> the truth is, if the same share of people were participating in the workforce today as on the day the president got elected, why our unemployment rate would be around 11%. >> and the romney campaign and experts say if you take those who are out of work, those who stop looking for work and those are ho are under employee employed, the real unemployment number as it's called is north of 14%, harris. >> harris: number subject i understand came up on the trail today is that governor romney shifted his position on what he once called his inelegant remark about the 47%. >> that was one of the things that democrats were criticizing president obama for having not brought up in the debate the other night. criticizing mr. romney for his now 5 month old remarks to a closed fundraiser surreptitiously videoed that he sug
he is being frank about the economy and talking down the obama record. in mr. romney's view, if you take a look at the unemployment and account for those who have taken themselves out of job-seeking market, it's far worse than today's sub8 number. watch. >> the truth is, if the same share of people were participating in the workforce today as on the day the president got elected, why our unemployment rate would be around 11%. >> and the romney campaign and experts say if you take...
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but the clock is ticking down. governor romney getting plenty of advice on how he should approach the president on that stage. the presidential debate commission -- the two men with stand side by side. critics a predicting the left-leaning media will portray romney as the loser no matter how he performs. bill, welcome back to the program. some are saying no matter what governor romney does tonight the headlines in the newspapers tomorrow will be -- you know, romney struggles to make it case. romney's campaign is in trouble. what say you? >> reporter: i think there are two different dispositions here. i'm irish. when i watch the debate i tend to think my guy lost unless he really creamed the other guy. way i think of these debates and the mainstream channels handle them is like the music man. president obama is like professor harold hill. he sold these people all these band uniforms and instruments and he has this krissy system that doesn't teach them how to play. then it's a climate i can scene at the end. the town
but the clock is ticking down. governor romney getting plenty of advice on how he should approach the president on that stage. the presidential debate commission -- the two men with stand side by side. critics a predicting the left-leaning media will portray romney as the loser no matter how he performs. bill, welcome back to the program. some are saying no matter what governor romney does tonight the headlines in the newspapers tomorrow will be -- you know, romney struggles to make it case....
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there are going to be ups or downs. we know the news media is anxious to write the romney recovery and come back story. gregg: let's bring in jim pinkerton a contributing editor writer for the american conservative magazine. alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show and the author of thank the liberals for saving the economy and why they should. >> you find that funny. gregg: i surely do. what about it, jim, media by as, is ryan's point fair? >> since 1986 when the authors li chter, lichter and roctor said the media were libya by 4-1. i don't think that is in dispute. it's only if it spills over into their professional work. i think on that store the evidence from 2012 is pretty clear. i'm looking at a headline from the daily beast, why mitt romney is trapped by his neglect any of narrative. who wrote that -- who created that narrative? it wasn't romney or ryan it was the media, they've done it to him. gregg: alan let me cite a couple of things. "the washington post" opls buds man admitted a obama by as at one time. and
there are going to be ups or downs. we know the news media is anxious to write the romney recovery and come back story. gregg: let's bring in jim pinkerton a contributing editor writer for the american conservative magazine. alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show and the author of thank the liberals for saving the economy and why they should. >> you find that funny. gregg: i surely do. what about it, jim, media by as, is ryan's point fair? >> since 1986 when the authors li chter,...
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andrea saul from the romney team, press secretary for mitt romney. good morning to you. i know you're looking forward to you tonight as well. >> good morning. bill: looking at a "wall street journal" poll today you're down three points. how concerned are you? >> this race will be close until the very end. i think the obama campaign will agree this will be close. voters have an important choice in this election. we cannot afford four more years like the last four years we've seen under this president. his own vice president says the middle class has been buried under his policies. when we need is governor romney to come in and deliver a real recovery for the american people. bill: what is the most dave question you believe mitt romney has to answer tonight, andrea? >> again, governor romney's focus is talking directly to the voters about what his plans are to strengthen the middle class and get this economy back on track. with president obama you just heard his team they'd like to pretend that they weren't in charge for the past four years. we've seen record unemployment.
andrea saul from the romney team, press secretary for mitt romney. good morning to you. i know you're looking forward to you tonight as well. >> good morning. bill: looking at a "wall street journal" poll today you're down three points. how concerned are you? >> this race will be close until the very end. i think the obama campaign will agree this will be close. voters have an important choice in this election. we cannot afford four more years like the last four years...
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in the all important swing state. >> yeah, governor romney and his wife were down in florida yesterday campaigning hard and getting a pretty good reception. let's look at ann romney with some of the voters yesterday. >> every year, the median income in america-- >> and you are a tremendous asset to your husband. >> i appreciate that. you know, i-- we're doing everything we can, my boys, myself just out there working as hard as we can. >> well, i really believe that your husband is going to be-- i think they will have as much as ronald reagan did, he's going to do bet. >> i felt that for a long time. >> well, the wives of course in in race have high approval rating and favor ann romney and favor michelle obama, the wives are a huge asset. >> and president obama was off the campaign trail yesterday and finally celebrating his wedding anniversary, as you know fell on the night of the debate. so mitt romney was unencumbered on the campaign trail. there was no response that the president could give to anything that mitt romney did. and mitt romney seemed to energize after the debate. >> eve
in the all important swing state. >> yeah, governor romney and his wife were down in florida yesterday campaigning hard and getting a pretty good reception. let's look at ann romney with some of the voters yesterday. >> every year, the median income in america-- >> and you are a tremendous asset to your husband. >> i appreciate that. you know, i-- we're doing everything we can, my boys, myself just out there working as hard as we can. >> well, i really believe that...
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. >> well, i felt for governor romney the moment he used the line trickle down government. that's a phrase hadn't used before. you saw instantly people started retweeting it and picking up on it legitimate break through moment in describing the president's philosophy and even this next day governor romney started using that on his speech. >> interesting. nick, let's play it for viewers in case they missed it. >> the president has a view s.e. very similar to the view he had four years ago that a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will, trickle down government would work. that's not the right answer for america. >> you like that because it's a catchy phrase? >> no. it's more than just a catchy phrase though. that's more than a scripted line. in a nutshell it synopsized how governor romney feels about the president's philosophy on government. the fact that he used it the next day in his stump speech and probably use it going forward means it has resonance and catching on with the base. >> nic, you are presidential historian, how do you descr
. >> well, i felt for governor romney the moment he used the line trickle down government. that's a phrase hadn't used before. you saw instantly people started retweeting it and picking up on it legitimate break through moment in describing the president's philosophy and even this next day governor romney started using that on his speech. >> interesting. nick, let's play it for viewers in case they missed it. >> the president has a view s.e. very similar to the view he had...
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mitt romney and paul ryan are that team. thank you, john elway for that quote. >> gretchen: coming up on "fox & friends," they fight for your right to vote. military voting appears to be way down. is the government making it too hard for them to vote? we're going to get to the bottom of it next. >> brian: then, bet you've never seen this before. cops chasing a drunk guy on a horse. >> steve: wait a minute. the drunk guy is on the horse? >> brian: $3 million, that's how much money attorneys for whistle blowers donated to the president's reelection campaign as the obama administration cracks down on corporate fraud. they're reaping multi million dollar rewards. next, $5.6 billion. that's the latest payment the postal service failed to pay. the agency now expects it lost $15 billion in the last fiscal year. but says service will not be interrupted. i still like the peel off stamps. $6.1 million. that's how much taxpayers paid for a pair of g8 conferences last year. one of the officials resigning in wake of a scandal. >> steve:
mitt romney and paul ryan are that team. thank you, john elway for that quote. >> gretchen: coming up on "fox & friends," they fight for your right to vote. military voting appears to be way down. is the government making it too hard for them to vote? we're going to get to the bottom of it next. >> brian: then, bet you've never seen this before. cops chasing a drunk guy on a horse. >> steve: wait a minute. the drunk guy is on the horse? >> brian: $3...
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it is 50/50, right down the middle. >> it is right down the middle. this is still primarily an election about the incumbent, a referendum on him. last wednesday in the debate, mitt romney presented himself as an acceptable alternative. that is helping his numbers overall but the president is still the defining factor in this race. right now americans are split right down the middle whether they want to keep him or fire him. patti ann: talk about that so-called debate bounce that romney got. looking back historically, when a candidate is perceived to have won a debate, how long does that bounce last? >> there has not really been any record of an event like the debate we had last wednesday night. four years ago there was absolutely no debate bounce. eight years ago very modest because we haven't seen a challenger win so decisively. we do know most bounces in and of themselves last less than a week in today's 24, 7 news environment. patti ann: we'll see what happens after the upcoming vice-presidential debate and beyond. >> it will be interesting. patti
it is 50/50, right down the middle. >> it is right down the middle. this is still primarily an election about the incumbent, a referendum on him. last wednesday in the debate, mitt romney presented himself as an acceptable alternative. that is helping his numbers overall but the president is still the defining factor in this race. right now americans are split right down the middle whether they want to keep him or fire him. patti ann: talk about that so-called debate bounce that romney...
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mitt romney is ann romney. i'm looking forward to sitting down with her. what it was like being in there when he was doing the debate. how she responded, what she said to him afterwards. what they're preparing for now with the next big one on tuesday. we'll get inside of the family. "happening now" is right now. jenna: we have breaking news from pennsylvania where we just heard the sentencing for jerry sandusky. david lee miller live from the courthouse with more on this breaking news. david lee? >> reporter: jenna, the bottom line here, a minimum of 30 years, this is what the judge sentenced jersey sandusky too. the judge said it was a tantamount to a life sentence. sandusky could have been sentenced to 400 years. at the end of the day he sandusky is 68 years old and essentially a 30-year sentence is essentially a life sentence. he told the court, i quote him, i didn't do these alleged disof the abouting acts. he talked about the fact that he had to spend his 42nd wedding anniversary in the county jail. he talked to his family and friends. he said they we
mitt romney is ann romney. i'm looking forward to sitting down with her. what it was like being in there when he was doing the debate. how she responded, what she said to him afterwards. what they're preparing for now with the next big one on tuesday. we'll get inside of the family. "happening now" is right now. jenna: we have breaking news from pennsylvania where we just heard the sentencing for jerry sandusky. david lee miller live from the courthouse with more on this breaking...
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as soon as the sentence is handed down. bill: breaking news on that. governor mitt romney delivering what his campaign called a major foreign policy speech in virginia. during that address he suggested that the president's leadership style has made the middle east more dangerous. >> the president is fond of saying that the tide of war is receding and i want to believe him as much as anyone else. but when we look at the middle east today, with iran closer than ever to nuclear weapons capability, with the conflict in syria threatening to destablize the reemg on. and with violent extremists on the march, and with an american ambassador and three others dead likely at the hands of al qaeda affiliates. it is clear that the risk of conflict in the region is higher now than when the president took office. bill: there was a lot more in the speech. want to talk about it with former new york city mayor, rudy giuliani and a romney supporter. how are you, mr. mayor. >> i'm fine, bill. bill: what you think voters and viewers more importantly at the moment for the n
as soon as the sentence is handed down. bill: breaking news on that. governor mitt romney delivering what his campaign called a major foreign policy speech in virginia. during that address he suggested that the president's leadership style has made the middle east more dangerous. >> the president is fond of saying that the tide of war is receding and i want to believe him as much as anyone else. but when we look at the middle east today, with iran closer than ever to nuclear weapons...